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Effects of an Interdependent Group Contingency on the Transition Behavior of Middle School Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Hawkins, Renee O.; Haydon, Todd; McCoy, Dacia; Howard, Andrea – School Psychology Quarterly, 2017
An ABAB design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of an interdependent group contingency with randomized components to improve the transition behavior of middle school students identified with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs) served in an alternative educational setting. The intervention was implemented by one teacher with three…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Middle School Students, Behavior Disorders
Comparing a Behavioral Check-In/Check-Out (CICO) Intervention to Standard Practice in an Urban Middle School Setting Using an Experimental Group Design
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Simonsen, Brandi; Myers, Diane; Briere, Donald E., III – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2011
Students who continue to demonstrate at-risk behaviors after a school implements schoolwide primary (Tier 1) interventions require targeted-group secondary (Tier 2) interventions. This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of a targeted-group behavioral check-in/check-out (CICO) intervention with the school's standard practice (SP) with…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Persuading Students with Emotional Disabilities to Write Fluently
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mills, Sara; Cerar, Nancy Irby; Cuenca-Sanchez, Yojanna; Allen-Bronaugh, Dannette; Thompson, Catherine; Guckert, Mary; Regan, Kelley – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
A multiple-baseline design study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of strategy instruction in persuasive writing with eighth-grade students who attended a public day school for students with severe emotional and behavior disabilities. Students were taught to plan and write persuasive essays using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development…
Descriptors: Day Schools, Essays, Generalization, Special Schools
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: "A Retrospective Examination of Social Skills, Linguistics, and Student Outcomes"
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Hill, John W.; Coufal, Kathy L. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2005
A language-based social skills instruction intervention used to prepare middle and high school students with emotional/behavioral disorders for return to less restrictive public school placements was evaluated. The daily 50-minute intervention focused on repetitive readings, recitations, and role-playing of skill step procedures until students…
Descriptors: Intervention, Communication Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Middle School Students